President Yoon ordered to "operate a pre-emptive conference body in finance, trade, and industry."

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President Yoon Suk Yeol has instructed the U.S. Trump administration to proactively operate conferences in finance, trade and industry in preparation for the launch of the Trump administration.

Reflecting the interest and demand of the United States, he also discovered various areas of economic cooperation, including shipbuilding, and emphasized the Korea-U.S. alliance that pursues North Korea's denuclearization without wavering in security.

Reporter Cho Yong-sung reports.

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President Yoon Suk Yeol presided over a meeting of economic and security checks in preparation for the launch of a new administration in the United States in two months.

This is to examine the impact on our economy and security, believing that external conditions will change according to Trump's pledge.President Yun

ordered the operation of a meeting in three major areas of finance, trade and industry with the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs as the control tower, saying that careful preparation is needed first.

[Yoon Suk Yeol / President: Please check the market and be thoroughly prepared, not after the inauguration of the conference, but now that there is an expected policy stance.]]

In particular, President Yoon emphasized communication with the industry in the trade sector, where the biggest change is expected, and officials in the president's office also said they would prepare with all possibilities in mind regarding the Trump administration's tariff policy.

There was also an expectation that our petrochemical sector would recover as a flexible policy on fossil fuels is expected.

Cooperation between allies also highlighted cooperation in future strategic industries such as artificial intelligence and advanced bio.

In the security field, he said he would solidify the nuclear-based South Korea-U.S. alliance while continuously pursuing the goal of denuclearizing North Korea based on the South Korea-U.S. alliance.

At the same time, we plan to discuss so that our North Korea policy based on the August 15 reunification doctrine can be well integrated into the process of establishing the North Korea policy of the next U.S. government.

In particular, the cooperation between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan was sown during the first Trump period, and the momentum for cooperation between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan is expected to continue in the future.

[Kim Tae-hyo / First Deputy Director of the National Security Office: The cooperation between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan has progressed under the Biden administration, but the seeds were sown during the first Trump administration, and we expect the momentum of cooperation between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan to continue well in the future.]

The president's office said it plans to frequently check risks and opportunity factors before the launch of the new administration in the United States, meaning that President Yoon held his first economic and security inspection meeting to mark the halfway point of his term.

I'm YTN's Cho Yong Sung.

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